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  • noun Locally unwanted land use.

Etymologies

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Coined 1981 by American urban planning professor Frank J. Popper in his paper, “Siting LULUs”, Planning Magazine.

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Examples

  • I may find time to watch the movie later today in her honor but, before going to bed tonight, I made a point of revisiting the TCM documentary LOUISE BROOKS: LOOKING FOR LULU, which is one of the items on the supplementary second disc.

    Words Fail Me 2006

  • Certainly, by all accounts, she knew failure, hard times, loneliness, despair, and the bottom of a gin bottle... but she redeemed her misspent middle years by writing about her years before the fall and collecting her memoirs in a book called LULU IN HOLLYWOOD.

    Words Fail Me 2006

  • Certainly, by all accounts, she knew failure, hard times, loneliness, despair, and the bottom of a gin bottle... but she redeemed her misspent middle years by writing about her years before the fall and collecting her memoirs in a book called LULU IN HOLLYWOOD.

    Archive 2006-11-12 2006

  • I may find time to watch the movie later today in her honor but, before going to bed tonight, I made a point of revisiting the TCM documentary LOUISE BROOKS: LOOKING FOR LULU, which is one of the items on the supplementary second disc.

    Archive 2006-11-12 2006

  • "LULU" Outline the letters you have written to approximate the style you're going for.

    GeekLikeMe.net 2009

  • LULU has been tailoring specifically to women--with superior comfort and flattering fit as a result.

    Successful Stocks With Long-Term Upside Wallace Forbes 2011

  • Who knew you could find THREE items from LULU that in total come to EXACTLY $100.

    Lululemon Canada Free $100 of items! - SmartCanucks Giveaways Day 1 Canada 2009

  • I would love to have the Remix LULU Hoodie LW4165S Sz12 in black or white, I cant decide.

    Lululemon Canada Free $100 of items! - SmartCanucks Giveaways Day 1 Canada 2009

  • LULU also holds potential for some further international expansion.

    Successful Stocks With Long-Term Upside Wallace Forbes 2011

  • I think what's important too, for investors, is that LULU is gaining widespread awareness.

    Successful Stocks With Long-Term Upside Wallace Forbes 2011

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